phaser
/ˈfeɪzɚ/noun, verb
phaser is a noun meaning “An electronic device that produces special effects on the sound produced by an electric guitar etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-H-A-S-E-R, and it appears about once in every 3 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of phaser is phasers.
What does phaser mean?
noun
- 1
An electronic device that produces special effects on the sound produced by an electric guitar etc.
- 2
Fictional energy weapon, with multiple settings for degree of intensity, from the television series Star Trek (1966–69).
- 3
A phase modulator
- 4
Alternative form of PHASR.
verb
- 1
To shoot with a phaser weapon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce phaser?
- US /ˈfeɪzɚ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-phaser.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of phaser
- phasers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- phasering participle, present
- phasered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is phaser?
Phaser appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,954th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Phaser in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense electronic music device:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | phaser |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.